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---- this blog still exists only for historical evidence (to my embarrassment).
some of the non-laughable "articles" can be read at altair.uni.cx/growl/.
:wq.

## # Super Cow Powers, on Debian:## 'apt-get --help'. At the end, apt-get shall print "This APT has Super Cow Power".# Now, do the same with aptitude.# 'aptitude --help'. This time, it shall print "This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers".# OK now. So you're wondering what's with this Super Cow, isn't it?# Just execute 'apt-get moo'. Nice, isn't it? Hackers' love for cow is materialized in a cool easter egg. : ).# But, what's the thing with aptitude, which doesn't have Super Cow Power?# Again, 'aptitude moo'.# To figure it out, increase the verbose level (appending a '-v'), until it stops telling new things. Enjoy it!# PS: This is a reference to Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger de Saint-Exupéry's "Le Petit Prince" (The Little Prince).### # .

## # Into the void:# # GAG: open a shell and type 'ddate'.## In a shell, mistype ls (as sl)... and see the results.## While at a console, type in: 'grep -r /usr/src/*'.## 'grep LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC include/linux/*.h' - parameters used in reboot() system call (like 369367448, or 0xfee1dead). Convert the\# output using perl, e.g. 'perl -e 'print localtime(). "\n";'' (those are important dates for Linus Torvalds). : ).## 'zgrep "The.*Release" /usr/share/doc/dpkg/changelog.Debian.gz' in a shell. Obviously, Debian-related.## '/usr/libexec/redhat-credits' on Red Hat.## In vim, type :help 42 (This is a reference to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy").## "You don't exist. Go away." message, when invoking UID doesn't correspond to a valid user, or if the session isn't properly registered in utmp.\# (find it out by 'strings /sbin/shutdown' - oh ,also there, "Oh hello Mr. Tyler - going DOWN?"; reference to Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator"\# video.).# BTW, "Oh hello Mr. Tyler - going DOWN?" can be seen on the logout of a 'tyler'-called user name (e.g. at reboot/shutdown).## Once in /var/named, open localhost.zone and localdomain.zone in a text editor.# There, related to 127.0.0.1, somewhere the serial is set to 42; also commented ("(d. adams)") (Reference to Douglas Adam's book series# The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is famous for stating that the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is equal to 42.).## 'cowsay -f foobar !#' in a shell, foobar == any.file.from /usr/share/cowsay/cows/.## 'ar r God' in a shell.## 'nice man woman' in a shell.## '^How did the sex operatino go?^' in a shell.## If you boot a SuSE disc, after the greeting the bootsplash, hit F5.## Give it a try: 'man grep | tail -n7'. Ubuntu Specific.### # .

## # Firefox:## 'about:mozilla' in the address bar.## 'about:credits' in the address bar.## 'about:robots' in the address bar.## 'about:cvrcek' in the address bar.## 'about:kitchensink' in the address bar.## 'chrome://browser/content/browser.xul' in the address bar.### # .